New base for North American cancer screening pioneers
...currently developing a new early warning system to aid the effective treatment of skin cancer and skin damaged by sunburn. It plans to use its new base at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne to push the commercial development of its world first 'skin physical' test using information gleaned from new a...Revealed: The true cost to the nation of multiple pregnancies
...livery (e.g. non-interventional, delivery with the aid of instruments, and Caesarean sections), and neonatal care of ART babies born in the year 2000. He found that the total cost per pregnancy was 4,614 for singletons, 12,730 for twins and 39,320 for triplets. These figures broken down showed that the ...HSPH student Kevin Chan awarded Trudeau Foundation Scholarship
...hat inspired a career-long effort to bring medical aid and a better quality of life to those stricken by poverty, especially children. "My life has been committed to helping the less fortunate, from the poorest reaches of sub-Saharan Africa to our own inner cities," said Dr. Chan. "And more than ever, I ...4D proton therapy, radiation-resistant tumors, interpreting medical images
... as by enhancing contrast. Second, algorithms can aid in detecting and possibly classifying lesions. But there are still plenty of chances for errors in interpretation. Sometimes a radiologist will make a mistake; they might miss lesions (false negatives) or report something as positive when in fact ...Hopkins AIDS experts issue warning about global efforts to provide drug therapies
..., despite the generous nature and growing scope of aid efforts." While President Bush's 2003 Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief is spending more than $600 million on antiretroviral therapies for 2 million people, demand in the developing world is even greater and steadily growing, with at least 6.5 million...Study: Vasodilators first choice for some heart patients
... a large population of patients and will certainly aid in the development of guidelines for treating patients with acute decompensated heart failure," said Abraham. Congestive heart failure is characterized by a progressive loss in the heart's ability to pump blood. When a patient's condition suddenly o...Ability, not disability, at heart of yacht trek
...," says NSF program director Gilbert Devey, "is to aid a specific individual and give the engineering student a sense of purpose and pride, while helping engineering schools serve the community." Since its inception in the late 1980s, the senior design projects have helped some 1,200 people of all ages b...Women cautioned against using herbal supplements
... menopausal symptoms and premenstrual syndrome, to aid in breastfeeding or to decrease breast cancer risk. Warren reviewed the literature on herbal supplements and breast cancer risk for his report, which was reviewed by two international experts in the field as well as the five scientists on the BCERF s...Fathers more involved when paternity is established in the hospital
...established. These programs are a friendly way to aid non-traditional families. "We believe that increasing fathers' involvement very early in the lives of their nonmarital children may prove to be beneficial for their children's long-term well-being, and we plan to examine these relationships in futur...Penn named a 'Breast Cancer Center of Excellence' by Department of Defense
...cer. In addition, non-invasive imaging will likely aid in the identification of aggressive tumors, as well as early signs of tumor response to therapy. Penn researcher Mitchell Schnall, MD, PhD, Vice Chair of Radiology at Penn, and Ruth Muschel, MD, PhD, former Abramson Cancer Center member, are co-Prin...Researchers identify gene set linked to breast cancer's spread to lungs
.... The new research "may provide genetic markers to aid oncologists in clinical management, offer potential therapeutic targets to develop drugs against metastasis, and give basic researchers a paradigm to understand how metastatic ability is acquired," Dr. Minn said. As the gene thumbprint is narrowed ...Mayo Clinic researchers use ultrasound to describe subtle heart muscle motions
...g of heart function, and possibly be a noninvasive aid in predicting impending heart damage including heart attacks. The study could also contribute to optimal adjustment of cardiac pacemakers or perhaps better design of artificial hearts. The findings, published in the current Journal of Applied Physiol...Experts on global nursing shortage provide recommendations to stem crisis
...ice guidelines, and inform distribution of foreign aid to enhance nurse capacity; Strategic partnerships and networking to share best practices, promote leadership development, and support cross-national evaluative research; Appropriate international credentialing to recognize and elevate prestige of...Researchers model avian flu outbreak, impact of interventions
...p computational models of disease spread that will aid the development of effective control strategies. "These new models illustrate how the fundamental features of infectious disease spread can be captured to predict possible outcomes and the potential impact of interventions," said Jeremy M. Berg, Ph....Tsunami raises questions about disaster mental health, Science reports
...ive international effort to provide "psychosocial" aid has had its share of problems. The situation highl... disorders other than PTSD get overlooked when the aid effort is too focused on PTSD. At the same time, there were some groups who did very good, culturall...Robotic technique shows promise in weight-loss surgery, Stanford study finds
...oscopic tools. For example, it has a 3-D camera to aid visualization, as opposed to the 2-D fiber optic cameras used in the conventional tools. The robotic arms also have highly flexible wrists, making precise maneuvers possible. The robot also offers a benefit specific to gastric bypass surgery, which i...Penn study shows genes may affect response to different quit-smoking medications
... Zyban© or nicotine replacement therapy as an aid to quitting smoking," said lead author Professor Caryn Lerman, PhD, Director of the TTURC and Associate Director for Cancer Control Population Sciences at Penn's Abramson Cancer Center. Lerman led a research team that completed two randomized clinic...UCI neurobiologists find treatment to block memory-related drug cravings
... the potential to be the basis of new therapies to aid drug-addiction recovery efforts, UC Irvine neurobiologists have found. Because exposure to people, places and objects previously associated with a drug habit can trigger overwhelming memory-based cravings, many former drug users often relapse into dr...Promising diagnostic tools for multiple sclerosis developed at Yale
...r to pinpointing more accurate diagnostic tools to aid in designing treatments for individual MS patients," said Ruddle, who is also Interim Deputy Dean and Interim Vice Chair of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale....Yale School of Medicine Neuroscientist receives Javits Award
...embled or misassembled during development and will aid in the design of therapies based on axonal growth and regeneration. The Javits awards were instituted in 1983 in honor of U.S. Sen. Jacob Javits of New York, who was a strong advocate for research on a variety of neurological disorders. Javits suffe...